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Rock 'n' Roll Band

By James Bolen

Published: December 7, 2006

A showcase for Tea Leaf Green's live sound

San Francisco's Tea Leaf Green has made major waves in the jamband community the last couple of years. The band, having received the Song of the Year award for its "Taught to be Proud" at last year's Jammys (an awards show for improvisational music), is now riding the crest of those waves with its latest release, Rock 'n' Roll Band. Recorded last May at the Fox Theatre in Boulder, Colorado, the CD showcases the band's phenomenal live sound and is the quartet's first release on SCI Fidelity Records, an indie label run by fellow jammers String Cheese Incident. The release of the CD coincides with the release of a concert DVD by the same name (incidentally directed by Justin Kreutzmann, son of legendary Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann). The prolific band's ninth release in only seven years, Rock 'n' Roll Band has something for old and new fans alike. Tracks like "One Reason" highlight keyboardist/vocalist Trevor Garrod's impressive songwriting, while others such as "Jezebel" and "Devil's Pay" focus more on guitarist Josh Clark's improvisational guitar skills. Although inevitably compared to the Grateful Dead and Phish (two bands that actually sound nothing alike), Rock 'n' Roll Band is proof to any listener with a trained ear that Tea Leaf Green has developed its own sound and is definitely worth checking out.

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It was the year 2000 and I was a young hungry reporter in Chicago covering a young hungry state legislator

Texas is the only state in the country where peyote is sold legally. Really.

For days after the storm, inmates in Beaumont lived without A/C, electricity or hot meals. Press releases kept saying everything inside was fine. Guards and prisoners agree — that was nothing but B.S.

"It's okay to be little bitty in the big city" is an apt slogan for this new burger joint, where sliders rule

Step back in time — to a spooky old carriage barn with a monster chicken-fried steak

It was the year 2000 and I was a young hungry reporter in Chicago covering a young hungry state legislator

Why? Because he's big and intimidating and because one family complained about him over and over again

For days after the storm, inmates in Beaumont lived without A/C, electricity or hot meals. Press releases kept saying everything inside was fine. Guards and prisoners agree — that was nothing but B.S.

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